Detroit officials promise election results by 10:30 p.m. Tuesday

DETROIT - Election officials in Detroit are placing so much confidence in their new voting tabulators - which cost the city an estimated $4,000 per machine - they believe final results will be in and counted on election night by 10:30 p.m.

"On election night, we should have more efficient election returns, not just from the precincts, but also from the central counting board," Detroit Elections Director Daniel Baxter said Thursday in a press conference ahead of the Aug. 7 primary.

"We're hoping that we'll have all of our returns in not later than 10:30 p.m."

It's a tall order for a city with a long history of Election Day difficulties.

The most recent example occurred during the 2016 presidential election.

Slow returns from Detroit and Wayne County held up the election results reporting in the presidential election last year, keeping national news media, election officials and viewers at home guessing well into early morning on Nov. 9, 2016.